LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring | Movie Reaction

[@Fir.91]

I never skip a LOTR watchalong, I love seeing other people enjoy my favourite movies😊❤

[@freeheeler00]

Agreed. I loved Maple's last watch and I've probably checked out a dozen other channels and their LOTR reactions too.

[@SS4Luxray]

Same. The only reactions I’ll always watch are LoTR, The Thing, Alien/Aliens, JP, The Green Mile, The Mist and The Truman Show

[@brianokello5355]

Amen.

[@Kevin.Costner.]

Lego Laz is my fav character

[@tomfitton4775]

Same

[@acereporter73]

Boromir's journey from, "Gondor has no king; Gondor needs no king." to "I would have followed you, my brother. My captain. *My king!"* 😭

[@themightymufin]

same

[@TheTangothrax]

Boromir the epitome of the tragic hero, hes flawed and he knows this. But when the time comes he comes in clutch he goes out like a boss, no heisitation

[@danielsonlisik534]

Thats very dumb and predictable

[@rikk319]

@@danielsonlisik534 Eh, your comment is dumb and predictable, especially on the internet, which brings out tons of ASPD folks.

[@123457chevy]

RIP Bernard Hill. RIP Christopher Lee. RIP Ian Holm. RIP Noel Appleby. And everyone else I missed that brought us this masterpiece.

[@Tar-Numendil]

Bernard Hill's death still hurts.

[@tfpp1]

Who did Noel Appleby play?

[@unrulyay237]

​@@tfpp1he played the old hobbit guy who was sweeping his yard when Gandalf passed on the wagon in the very beginning

[@mattnar3865]

@@unrulyay237 I always thought that hobbit was a woman

[@champestre]

RIP Andrew Lesnie

[@CulturePROVOCATEUR]

The pain on Gandalf’s face when Frodo offers to bear the ring always gets me.

[@John_Locke_108]

@@CulturePROVOCATEUR Yup. It's such a heartbreaking moment. He knew in his heart that it had to be Frodo. And Frodo volunteering proved it. But he also thinks that he's sending him to his doom.

[@Frightspear]

That's better acting (Ian McKellen) than all the actors together in "Rings of Power"... 🤮

[@PaulMichaelJohnson]

@@John_Locke_108 He KNEW it was his doom, it does poison him completely and should have killed him

[@BigIronEnjoyer]

Pain and at the same time resignation that's it the only course of action that has a chance to work.

[@s1lm4r1l6]

Director notes were: "Imagine your son has just volunteered for the frontline in World War One." Utter heartbreak.

[@jgrado3]

40:22 Boromir placing a hand on Gimli’s shoulder just then always gets me. Boromir was first and foremost Gondor’s protector and he’s out here with the Fellowship, all the while there’s a real chance that Gondor could end up exactly like Moria. Gimli’s essentially living Boromir’s greatest nightmare.

[@johnmccarron7066]

It gets downplayed in the movie, but Boromir is truly a considerate and empathetic character. Before his brief corruption, he is the epitome of a Tolkien hero: bold but humble, brave and aggressive but gentle and kind, especially to those weaker than him. Sean Bean has a few moments in the movies where he gets to really portray that side of Boromir.

[@jgrado3]

@@johnmccarron7066 You can tell from his interactions with Merry and Pippin he already has the air of “a people’s champion,” a leader who prefers spending his time with soldiers in the field over being stuck in a castle full of royals. Makes his downfall even more tragic and yet perfectly understandable.

[@tshimmin3577]

I never saw this in any of my watch throughs. What a sad and interesting detail

[@kokkolintu3528]

I never really realised, but yeah! It's kinda fucked up how alone Gimli is left in his sorrow. I'm glad that at least Boromir acknowledges Gimli's loss and heart-break in this moment.

[@Kinuhbud]

😭😭😭 omg I never noticed that! I love Boromir the more and more I watch it. When he tells Aragorn, 'they took the little ones.' I wanna cry so bad

[@zoyo8903]

Something which I noticed on watching all these reaction videos, is that the Nazgul is not CONTROLLING the bugs, as I thought it was all this time, but its that the Nazgul is so unnatural that even the BUGS are trying to escape it.

[@christianforsstrom2222]

yes, I don't remember how it's worded in the book, but they basically have an aura about them that creeps living things out. You can see it with the dog backing into the huose when the nazgul 'asks for direction' also

[@avsambart]

Woah I never knew that and I've watched this film 200 times.

[@Spikeelsucko]

@@christianforsstrom2222 to heavily paraphrase, one of the powers bestowed upon nazgul by Sauron is a magical field that inspires terror in anything capable of feeling fear to even the slightest degree

[@Lightice1]

@@christianforsstrom2222 Yep, the Black Breath. It's actually downplayed in the films. In the books the Nazgûls' very presence is toxic, just being in the vicinity of one can knock you unconscious and prolonged exposure can lead to a permanent coma.

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

​@@Lightice1Tolkien was such an all around badass ❤

[@Pandamonium626]

I feel like the older you get, the more you get out of this trilogy. When you're a kid you're amazed at the spectacle, the story, the excitement, etc. Then you get older and Gandalf's words to Frodo about deciding what to do with the time that is given to you in hard times hits like a ton of bricks. Not to mention how easy it is to identify with Boromir succumbing to temptation in order to do what he thinks is right. Or Aragorn running away from his responsibility of leadership because he is afraid of failing like his ancestor did. Plus many other things.

[@CertifiedSunset]

Yup, the older I got the harder the scenes hit for sure.

[@di3486]

Hehe unless you were already older when you watched in theaters.

[@merrimcarthur7198]

@@di3486 I was in my late 40's when I saw this in the Theatres. I'm 70 in a couple weeks. It hits even harder now. As one ages one goes through more and more and more...and you see things in these films in a new light. Every.single.time. If I make it to 80 I'm sure it will hit harder and differently even then.

[@acouvers]

@@merrimcarthur7198 Long life to you my friend.. wish you see it many more times and "pass the torch" for new folks to discover

[@goldie481]

Seeing Gollum/Bilbo/Frodo's journey with the ring as a metaphor for struggles with substance abuse also hit me on such a deeper level as an adult. As a kid I'd mostly get annoyed at Frodo 🥲

[@John_Locke_108]

"I would have gone with you to the end, into the very fires of mordor."

[@kelseybright1375]

*Cue Hozier Would That I* 😭❤️

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

See here's the thing, Maple. These movies will make you cry HARDER the second, third, and fourth time than they do the first.

[@riseofazrael]

I still cry at "you bow to no one" after watching the entire trilogy like 5 times.

[@pencil6965]

I’ve watched them literally 60 times and I’m still crying

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

@@pencil6965 I lost track years ago.

[@Oye_Gallard]

"I cant carry it for you but i can carry you! Come on!" Gets me every fucking time, ever since i saw it in theaters in 2003, each and every watch

[@jib1823]

@@riseofazrael Boah...spoiler alerts!

[@professorbugbear]

The thing about Merry and Pippin... they did not hesitate for one second to help Frodo and Sam. They might not be the brightest bulbs... but those are the sort of friends that you want.

[@matthewperrine2071]

" I will not say do not weep; for not all tears are evil" J.R. Tolkien

[@seanmcmurphy4744]

Elrond's expression 31:40 when Merry and Pippin barge in: "Wait . . . how many of these little f*ckers are there?"

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

Sneaking up on an elf is quite a feat. Only a hobbit could do it.

[@proudpapaprick]

Exactly. One of the most perceptive beings in the world just had a rare moment of "Where the hell did you come from?!"

[@jib1823]

@@CliffSedge-nu5fv Right, and that council was supposed to be secret and, out of the blue, come Pippin and Merry storming in like nothing lol Elrond's mind was saying more like: "How the fuck did they manage to find this place?"

[@SebastienGendron-uk4po]

@@jib1823 The security was slacking🤣

[@corystanish]

I remember that reaction got a big laugh from the audience the first time I saw this.

[@rabbitfishtv]

The moment that makes me cry is when Frodo says the first time, “I will take the ring,” and no one hears him but Gandalf, and Gandalf’s close-up shows how heartbroken he is.

[@shrubbinthepub3176]

the uncontrollable laughcrying around @59:01 is just the Peak Diegesis moment of all time for me!

[@WeeStrom]

TY, immedately checked comments hoping... 😂

[@Arianne1111]

Iconic

[@cloudwatcher608]

I have seen these movies more times than I can count and I’m unashamed to say that I joined them wholeheartedly in the laughcrying

[@josephknight8793]

​@cloudwatcher608 absolutely same here. I cannot for the life of me watch the Frodo/Sam boat scene without bawling like a baby.

[@jessematthews7076]

"Sam comes in fucking clutch" -Eru Eluvatar probably

[@Ender7j]

Gotta be one of the best LOTR comments I’ve ever come across

[@beetlebob4675]

You win the comment section, holy cow😂😂😂 I really honestly hope that the linguist in Tolkien would have loved to hear these modern abridged translations and funny extrapolations of his work, as long as there was someone to explain them 😂 It's honestly one of my favorite things. I love reading dialogue from The Silmarillion to my boyfriend and then translating them into 2024.😂

[@ashleytaylor7621]

*when Sam was born* -eru illuvitar "oh shit did I do that"

[@blueeyedcowboy8291]

I loved this reaction for 2 reasons. First, you can really tell that this is Maple's second watch because she is more emotional, now knowing how it all ends and the characters. The more times you watch it, the more emotional it is. Second, you can tell Arianna really knows the story well, from the books, but is seeing it come to life for the first time. Very genuine reaction. Look forward to the next ones.

[@Poggle_der_Geringere]

You didn't really comment on it but lots of people think the worms and spiders crawling over the Hobbits in the scene with the Nazgul sniffing them out are like summoned by the Nazgul or something. When really those critters are just as afraid as the Hobbits and just try to get away. It's because Nazguls emit an aura of fear.

[@raspberrybellini]

I didn't know that but it makes sense

[@mr.osclasses5054]

Makes total sense, but I always took it as the creepy crawly stuff was being drawn out because of it, not out of fear and trying to get away.

[@shukei26]

Nah it's an aura of evil. The Nazgul are so seeped in it it drives the insects from their homes

[@rikk319]

@@mr.osclasses5054 No, all those critters were natural, and driven away by the fear and unnatural undead aura of the Nazgul.

[@Len0Grady]

The Nazgûl, by wearing Rings of Power, stand outside nature or time. This is reflected with the timelessness of Lorien and Bilbo’s agelessness. With the Ringwraiths, however, it’s more acute; they exist almost entirely in the spirit realm and cast dim shadows in our world. The side effect of this is The Black Breath: natural animals flee them, mortals who try to strike them instead find the Nazgûl’s taint travel back up the weapon to poison their bodies and souls. Hearing their voices sickens mortals and fills them with darkest despair and fear.

[@richardlaswell463]

48:14 Galadrial is one of the 3 or 4 oldest elves in Middle-Earth. Her daughter is married to Elrond, and her Grandaughter is Arwen, who is in love with Aragorn.

[@professorbugbear]

She is older than the Sun and the Moon

[@Tripledogdare.]

Re: Strider: "I kinda want him to smolder at me" BIG SAME WELCOME

[@dawnburris6412]

Yes, please! I would like that very much! 🥰🤣

[@johnwalters1341]

At 57:48, Tolkien writes: The River had taken Boromir, son of Denethor, and he was not seen again in Minas Tirith, standing as he used to stand upon the White Tower in the morning. But in Gondor in after-days it long was said that the elven-boat rode the falls and the foaming pool, and bore him down through Osgiliath, and past the many mouths of Anduin, and out into the Great Sea at night under the stars."

[@joshsaunders6392]

So does that mean he comes back as a ghost or that's just stories people tell?

[@peteg475]

@@joshsaunders6392 No, he doesn't come back as a ghost, the stories they tell are about his body in the elven boat going all the way to the Sea.

[@jib1823]

Fucking hell man...Tolkien has a way with writing.

[@joshsaunders6392]

@@peteg475 ooooh ok my reading comprehension is awful haha

[@zacharyjamesdixon]

I always felt like what draws me in most with his writing is that he writes it as if it really happened. Like he’s telling a story that’s been passed down through generations and certain details have gotten a bit muddled here and there. Like he’ll say something like, “and some say it’s still there.” And just that phrasing makes me embrace the escapist possibilities.

[@thomasharris4942]

The actor who plays Saruman, Christopher Lee, was the biggest Tolkien fan and the only man who actually met him in the entire production. He was also the biggest IRL badass: a WW2 spy who was the person Ian Flemming based James Bond on. You can Google that shizz.

[@rikk319]

The man played the fallen leader of the Istari, a Sith lord, THE vampire lord, spoke multiple languages, served in WW2, was not only the inspiration for James Bond but was the cousin of Ian Fleming, read The Lord of the Rings once a year, was the son of a Contessa, and in his final years sang on a heavy metal album. Now THAT is a life well-lived.

[@amandasaunders2503]

Such a fascinating man. When he gave his input about what someone’s reaction actually is to getting stabbed (trying not to spoil here) when they were filming…. And you realize he has actual knowledge of what it’s like because he’s either seen it or did it himself. Gives me chills.

[@Fmanzo10]

And he was a direct descendant of Charlemagne. Which incidentally is also the name of the heavy metal band he started in his eighties.

[@NovusIgnis]

​@@rikk319 Ehh, depends on the viewpoint really. To me, all of those are just hollow pursuits and accolades. Vainglory at its finest. Before God, all of these things are as filthy rags, but the garments that He will give those who follow Him into our next life? Those garments will be shining bright and pure white. I think Christopher Lee may likely be in the next life and doing work that he would insist is far more important than anything he ever did here on earth.

[@JustinStrife]

It's 'speculated' that he was the person Ian Flemming based James Bond on, but that isn't necessarily fact.

[@redviper6805]

Nobody saw Bilbo’s scary face coming! All of us were startled by that in theaters. The Nazgûl's shrieks were created by distorting recordings of producer and screenwriter Fran Walsh's scream. Thanks to The special feature on the extended edition DVD, I got to hear the woman’s scream and it was eerie!

[@mr.osclasses5054]

To this day, I won't look at the screen when I know it's happening. I am 40+ year old man and that is still a no from me.

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

The movie kind of glosses over how ridiculously old Elrod (and Galadriel by extension) are but that moment in the books is amazing. Up until the Council of Elrond chapter, readers will only know Elrond as a Loremaster who helped Bilbo and the dwarves back in the hobbit. Now, Frodo finds out Elrond's true history: "Thereupon Elrond paused a while and sighed. 'I remember well the splendour of their banners,' he said. 'It recalled to me the glory of the Elder Days and the hosts of Beleriand, so many great princes and captains were assembled. And yet not so many, nor so fair, as when Thangorodrim was broken, and the Elves deemed that evil was ended for ever, and it was not so.' 'You remember?' said Frodo, speaking his thought aloud in his astonishment. 'But I thought,' he stammered as Elrond turned towards him, 'I thought that the fall of Gil-galad was a long age ago.' 'So it was indeed,' answered Elrond gravely. 'But my memory reaches back even to the Elder Days. Eärendil was my sire, who was born in Gondolin before its fall; and my mother was Elwing, daughter of Dior, son of Lúthien of Doriath. I have seen three ages in the West of the world, and many defeats, and many fruitless victories." Elrond was not only there at Sauron's defeat, three thousand years ago, but he was also at Thangorodrim, the final battle with Sauron's master (and kind of the Satan of the LOTR universe), Morgoth. He has fought and won countless wars, watched his people die, and yet has lived long enough to always see evil return to plague Middle-Earth regardless of the sacrifices he has already made.

[@morgothbauglir8687]

True, it’s definitely mind blowing thinking how old some characters are. Elrond is really old, but then you look at Galadriel who is way older. She’s so old, she pre-existed the sun and moon. But then you look at Cirdan, who is WAY WAY older. He was among the earliest Elves to exist. But then you look at the like of Sauron, Saruman and Gandalf, who are so old, they are in fact timeless as they existed before time and literally took part in the creation of the universe

[@agab12]

I have no other choice than to re-read the Silmarillion now!!

[@jackmcfarlane7173]

Something else you have to remember about Boromir, is that he's got a TON of pressure to essentially take over governing Gondor when his dad passes away. Gondor is the closest kingdom to Mordor, and they're the ones under the most threat from Sauron. So Boromir feels like his people are desperate for a secret weapon and he's doing the best he can to try and find it so he can save them. He was not meant to rule Gondor, but because Gondor has been without a king for a very long time, he feels like he has to be their advocate.

[@raspberrybellini]

People never really seem to understand how powerful the ring is, Frodo and Isildur did not fail and Boromir was not weak just more susceptible. It has all the power of Sauron and the skill to bend people to his will encapsulated into one order, self preservation. I have always thought Elrond unfair to Isildur because if the ring had been held by Elrond he would not of been able to cast it away either.

[@jackmcfarlane7173]

@@raspberrybellini exactly. And Boromir was more susceptible to the ring BECAUSE of his deep love for his people. He was scared of failing them, and letting them die. When you're distressed like that, it's very easy to be taken advantage of--especially if the thing manipulating you is very powerful.

[@abeartheycallFozzy]

In an extended version scene it is explained that Boromir's father suspects that the ring has been found and orders Boromir to take it.

[@JayU10]

Reaction channels are perfect for us who've watched LOTR 100 times. Now I get to watch these 2 enjoy it too!

[@Krustenkaese92]

I love how Maple has technically seen these movies and Arianna has technically read the books but apparently neither one remembers anything from watching/reading them lmao

[@im-gi2pg]

🤔 🤨

[@Diegesis]

hahaha

[@mysticsaxophone4181]

It boggles my mind but there are people like that. My wife can watch a movie and on the next day watch it again and be like "so what's this about" Meanwhile I remember the lines of a film I watched 20 years ago but forget to go to work

[@revangerang]

@@mysticsaxophone4181 I manage to be both somehow on different days 😂😂 Like I could have literally quoted this entire film to you back to front yesterday, now I can't remember one of the main character's names how does this happen

[@plprooo]

26:40 “Did WE watch the matrix after this?”, “I don’t know, I don’t know what order” so they’ve both seen this movie nice paid comment

[@SaiyanHeretic]

My mother fell in love with the books when she was in college and she was over the moon when the first trailer premiered for Fellowship. She handed me the boxset and insisted I read through them before it came out. There will never be another film project quite like LOTR. Powerful script, perfect casting, flawless performances, outrageous production value, groundbreaking VFX, iconic soundtrack. When the trilogy came out on DVD (and then again with the Extended Editions), we spent literal weeks watching all the behind-the-scenes material, and rewatching the movies will every commentary track.

[@joshm.1483]

The biggest reason we will never have another movie event like LOTR is because no studio today would ever give a not-well-known director 3 big budgets to film 3 big movies, all at once and over a 13 month mega-shoot, before they know that at least the first one will succeed. The circumstances were unprecedented and probably will never happen again

[@KublaVeruca]

@@joshm.1483 Never say never... After the amazing success of Back to the Future, the studio filmed the two sequels back to back. I remember Lea Thompson on one of the talk shows. And this was to promote Back To The Future, mind you. She mentioned that they were filming them. And the host said, isn't that a little impulsive. And she said, ya. If they failed that Studio would likely crumble. I think BTtF was an unsuspected success. No one had any confidence in that movie. Unless I'm confusing it with another 80's movie, which is possible... But ya, people still take big risks....

[@KublaVeruca]

Commentary tracks are so hit and miss. Mostly miss, which gives them a bad rep. But the good ones are really good.... Conan is good... Repo-Man... ummmm....Big Trouble In Little China!

[@Liz-z1f1e]

I agree there will be nothing like it ever again

[@theWebWizrd]

​@@joshm.1483 people say so but it's just wrong. Look at how much money Amazon burnt making Rings of Power. With that sort of budget they easily could have made something to rival the original LotR trilogy. It's not an issue of money or risking money, it is an issue of caring about and bothering with detail, talent, optimizing for other things than quality of storytelling (ie shock value, diversity etc), and low marginal return on investing time and money into making something great rather than okay.

[@MrDevintcoleman]

“Beautiful and terrible as the dawn” is such an amazing line! Her whole monologue is beautiful but I love the old use of “terrible,” which is basically so awe inspiring and transcendent that it’s scary.

[@Easy_Skanking]

It could also mean that something so potentially destructive as a giant ball of plasma can still be beautiful. Galadriel would wield the destructive power of the One Ring as well as her ring and still have her fair appearance.

[@Easy_Skanking]

@@Makkaru112 I agree with you as we see her pass the test of the One Ring's temptation. Everything I spoke of was just potential and a danger she was well aware of. Galadriel was a worthy leader for her people.

[@avsambart]

I know y'all were in pain but I am so happy at how much you cried and felt for these characters!

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

Bill, the pony has a wonderful side story that deserves an honorable mention.❤

[@kgal9657]

He also has his own card in the Magic the Gathering LOTR set.

[@cardiac19]

I usually name any mounts I get in games Bill in honor of Bill the Pony.

[@Dr3amtime]

I grew up on these books, read them over and over, and then read the series through to my kids at least twice. When the movies came out, I was terrified that they would butcher my childhood. And then overjoyed with how reverently Peter Jackson recreated the material. When we eventually got to the Return of the King and I got my first look at Minas Tirith, I wept like a babe.

[@defiante1]

The moment I saw Maple's reaction to Gandalf's words of wisdom in Moria, I knew the ending would destroy her. You could see it speaking to her so deeply.

[@freeheeler00]

One important detail that didn't come across in the movie is that there is a 17 year gap between Bilbo's party and Frodo finally leaving the shire. During that time Gandalf did a lot of investigating and spent a lot of time hunting Gollum along with Aragorn. During that time the nine were trying to figure what the heck "Shire, Baggins" even means.

[@theWebWizrd]

In the movies there is no such big gap. It is another small thing they changed for pacing that makes it a worse story on paper but works nicely for a cinematic experience. Frodo is actually quite the grown man when he leaves on the quest, but it works better to portray him as young.

[@Tar-Numendil]

"I would have followed you my brother. My captain. My King." "Be at peace. Son of Gondor." 😭 Every time.

[@swagromancer]

"... Extended Edition!" There they are, the magic words that make or break any LotR reaction for me 😄

[@cardiac19]

Fact

[@djgizmoe]

Did anyone see any scenes from the Extended Edition? Or have they just been edited out for time?

[@midnighttoker9268]

@@djgizmoe Bilbo's trolls. Sam talking about Gandalf's fireworks.

[@Whiskey0880]

Mostly edited out.

[@kangerooman5558]

Is extended good or bad?

[@davidreisinger9272]

55:19 "They took the little ones!!" Boromir is fatally wounded and he still worries about others...

[@shukei26]

Fun fact: in the mountain scene 34:00, the actors and crew flew to the top of the mountian each day by helicopter for shooting except Sean Bean (Boromir) who is afraid of flying. So everyday, he would leave two hours before shooting started to climb the mountian in full costume to get there at the same time as the others!

[@mena94x3]

Speaking of crying, the freaking _Appendices,_ which I watch every year, move me to tears! The love and dedication the entire cast and crew poured into this trilogy is astounding.

[@MegaHoover12]

Tolkien was a genius, in the hobbit whenever Bilbo was in trouble he would put on the ring and just escape but here putting the ring on instantly put Frodo in danger

[@zetzle]

to be fair to pippin, he has Literally never been in a situation where touching something could get him murdered. like never not even a little. he has No Clue that touching some random thing in a cave could even get anyone murdered, let alone someone considered a god-adjacent-guy

[@Stogie2112]

Luke Skywalker: "NOOOOOooooo.........." Frodo: "Hold my ale...."

[@raspberrybellini]

😂 never saw that before 😂

[@T-SwiftsMaritalAid]

Hold my ring

[@Stogie2112]

@@T-SwiftsMaritalAid .... No, thanks. I'm trying to cut down........but on second thought, that ring does look pretty nice....

[@cardiac19]

"They come in pints?"

[@markoruzic5949]

Anyone waiting for the Two Towers reaction?

[@seanmcmurphy4744]

The theatrical version omitted the description of hobbits 5:13, the scene of Frodo and Sam coming on the migrating elves, Aragorn singing the Lay of Luthien, Elrond's backstory 27:19 of Isildur failing to destroy the ring, some parts of the Council of Elrond 29:06 , Galadriel showing Frodo her ring Nenya, and Galadriel's gifts to the Fellowship.

[@daneelolivaw1976]

"Galadriel's gifts" scene is super important.

[@nihlify]

@@daneelolivaw1976 I mean, they could have solved that through flashbacks or whatever, the scene itself isn't that important.

[@Hydelsius]

I'm pretty sure the flashback scene with Elrond was on the theatrical cut.

[@joshm.1483]

@@Hydelsiusyou are correct

[@Alienoiable]

@@daneelolivaw1976 it's lot less important since they don't build up Gimli in the movies as much as the books do; and his gift, which is by far the most important of the bunch, is entirely skipped. In regards to the movie only : The scene ends up being a slow and dragging set-up for a very weak payoff (some would even say : for no payoff at all).

[@joshuacoldwater]

"Did you watch the Olympic Break Dancing?" - Girl you took me out 🤣

[@d.-_-.b]

I can't believe that has ruined a scene from LOTR forever more 😒

[@mr.osclasses5054]

@@d.-_-.b I thought that scene was a bit ridiculous from the start because it looked like he was breakdancing.

[@Hydelsius]

Funny thing I learned... It's actually referred to as "Breaking".

[@UnleashthePhury]

“I can make him spin round and round and around and around. And I can shut the doors!”

[@kgal9657]

Y'all having fun and games while Saruman is mopping the floor with our man Gandalf over here...😂 LMAO

[@ZonnexNecton]

You are never late to watch this great saga. Nor are you early. You are watching precisely as you means to.

[@johnwalters1341]

At 14:33 you say, "It's like a [ _ ] opera happening in the background." Howard Shore deliberately composed the score for the movie in operatic terms. He used a device, the "leitmotiv," popularized in 19th-century opera by Richard Wagner, where objects, emotions, or actions have characteristic musical phrases associated with them. So the Ring has several leitmotivs associated with it, as does the Shire, and later Rivendell, the Mines of Moria, and Lothlorien. Shore created over a hundred leitmotivs in the scoring of the three movies. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Score for FOTR and ROTK.

[@anthonyleecollins9319]

Incredible score (one of many from Shore).

[@professorbugbear]

It's my absolute favorite score in all of movies

[@flooglebinder3493]

EXCELLENT! 👏👏👏👏 The insane re-watchability of these movies is partly why everyone wants to react to other people viewing them. Maple’s initial viewings were so memorable (when she broke at the end of Two Towers “I love Sam SO much…” - Ugly sobbing), so it’s going to be amazing to see her ‘2nd viewing’ - knowing what comes next, but the impact only deepens Arianna is going on a hell of a ride here, too Will Maple be able to hide her excitement/ anxiety from Arianna….? 👍 NB: brave step for Chad heading into this editing nightmare. AGAIN. 😃

[@Emryslibrarian]

Everyone gives so much love for the moment when Viggo breaks his toes, but Sean Astin cut his foot really badly running into the river when he’s chasing Frodo.

[@RoboSteave]

You'll appreciate Boromir even more after watching the extended version of Two Towers! The man was under tremendous pressure. As a lover of the books, I think the movies are superb. In fact, I'd rate every aspect of the movies as superb -- sound effects, music, photography, acting, pacing -- all amazing. Really looking forward to watching "The Two Towers" with you two towers of reacting!

[@theWebWizrd]

The only thing I dislike in the movies are that there are A LOT of short and even not-so-short bait-and-switch story beats that are there only for cheap entertainment value and to create artificial tension, and characters really suffer from it. The biggest ones are Faramir taking the hobbits back to Gondor, Treebeard deciding against attacking Isengard, Aragorn falling off the cliff at the warg attack, and Frodo sending Sam away at the stairs. But there are so many more. You can tell the difference between these cheap ones and the real ones from Tolkeins story that have a superficially similar nature (like Frodo being saved by mithril in Moria, Frodo not being dead in Cirith Ungol, gandalf falling but returning) that Tolkein's beats *mean* something for the story and the characters, they have been set up beforehand and/or have consequences later. They are not there just because the audience might get bored.

[@Skeletongentleman7808]

Isildur got screwed in his movie portrayal. For those who don’t know, there was no moment where the strength of Men failed between Elrond and Isildur. He realized fairly quickly that the ring was corrupting him and was on his way to discuss with Elrond what to do when he was ambushed and killed. Isildur was the best of the race of Men in his time. I mean He’s the reason there’s the white tree in Gondor by saving a seed of the original one during Numenor’s destruction.

[@MDK384]

It's just a vehicle to show the evil of the ring in the small window they have and sets up that moment at the end with Frodo where he can't bear the throw the ring in the fire. Isildur definitely got done a little dirty, but just a casualty of adaptation

[@aaronbourque5494]

It's just Elrond's perspective.

[@Skeletongentleman7808]

@@aaronbourque5494 no it’s just as mdk384 said. Elrond and Isildur never shared a moment in Mount Doom, it’s a scene created for the movie and nothing close to it ever happened in the book. Elrond didn’t have that view of Isildur since he was aware of his intentions prior to his death.

[@davidkulmaczewski4911]

Also, he had to be begged by his squire to put on the Ring and escape, because he was the King and *needed* to survive. The Ring caused him great pain, and he didn't want to put it on; plus, he wanted to stay and fight with his men.

[@chrischreative2245]

Oh I didn’t know that. Thanks

[@alanmacification]

The books and the movies differ in the same way myths about the Olympian gods differed in different parts of the ancient Greek world. I love both. One does not supplant the other. I've read the books around 15+ times.

[@TheBuckMuscles]

Gandalf's black speech is such an underrated scene. I love how everyone is affected, but the elves recoil in pain.

[@davismccardle1]

He's literally reciting the words engraved on the ring, using the language of Mordor. That's why it got dark. Remember in Frodo's house when he said he would not utter those words here.

[@brettherrick1893]

Maple's fellowship reaction was the first reaction video I ever watched. Gandalf's words at the end "it’s what you do with the time given to you" accompanied with her breaking down hit me so hard and made me cry, something I hadn’t done in ages. It was rough, but afterwards I felt really good and have been hooked to this channel ever since. Thanks for dodging the copyright, it was fun

[@ronweber1402]

The laugh-sobbing at the end was the best.

[@Stogie2112]

If I could wave a magic wand and enable all these movie reactors to experience these three films for the first time on the big screen, I would.

[@boxerjeep]

In the book there is a 17 year gap from when Bilbo leaves and when Frodo leaves. The Ring has become more aware since Bilbo.

[@lolmao500]

The orcs are awesome. I kind hate the hobbits movies because its all CG instead of makeup. Fun fact : the tallest actor in the cast is the actor playing the dwarf.

[@donovanblackwelder4301]

I don't know if ya'll knew this, but the guy playing Gimli also played Salah in "Indiana Jones".

[@scotiej]

The original reaction with Maple was the reason why I started watching this channel and seeing her so emotionally moved by the movies just reignited in me how good the movies are.

[@JohnnyBNerdy]

I saw this film opening day with my dad; the moment Frodo came into view and we see The Shire for the first time, I wept. The cinematography, the score by Howard Shore...an amazing feat of film making that will never happen again; the stars aligned for this to happen. It's the perfect trilogy of films.

[@johnwalters1341]

At 29:30, Gandalf's words are the inscription on the Ring, in the Black Speech. When he discovered the inscription in Frodo's house, he said, "The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here." You can see why he wouldn't utter the words in the Shire.

[@EndlessMike1987]

Gandalf bumping his head was not part of the script. He did it by accident and just kept rolling with it

[@chrisherber1635]

He got hurt in character lol

[@melissakozusko9244]

No one dies on screen better than Sean Bean.

[@dneill8493]

Well he's had plenty of practice at it.

[@nectarpeach2853]

Maple's explanation of why re-watches do have merit makes a TON of sense, especially for such grand and long movies such as LotR. I totally agree, as there was so much to take in from the trilogy. I'm commenting before watching so it's only my guess, but I think she will find validity in her hypothesis as well.

[@peterohara7317]

no that is not Papyrus. LOTR uses multiple combinations of real fonts with Tolkien's hand lettering style.

[@Beco96]

16:28 The Nazgul scream was actually recorded by Fran Walsh (director Peter Jackson's wife). They struggled to find a scream that was ominous enough for the Nine, and one day she just screamed form the top of her lungs, they edited it a bit in the recording studio and that's basically it :) I think she was horrified by some spider that wondered on set, but I'm not sure 'bout that... Peter spoke about it in the making-of documentary :)

[@aidanfarris8658]

It’s never said in the movie. But Gandalf has a ring of power as well that was given to an elf (who’s now dead 😭) and it’s a ring that gives people courage. So Gandalfs speeches and dialogue is written so amazingly, he inspires and gives hope everytime he talks. Incredible really ❤❤❤❤

[@seanmcmurphy4744]

Yes, I wish the movie could have included the powers of the Three Rings: in addition to Gandalf, Elrond's ring which protects Rivendell, and Galadriel's ring which protects Lothlorien. And how the discovery of the One Ring is a tragedy for the Elves no matter what happens: if Sauron gets it he will be able to overthrow these Elf strongholds, but if it is destroyed the Three Rings will lose their power.

[@Variable-2-actual]

I thought it was the ring of fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@RonPower]

Gandalf has Cirdan's ring, and Cirdan was still alive throughout this story, it was just a gift. Elrond gets Gil-Galad's ring, Gil-Galad is the one who died.

[@WilliamMoses355]

The ring of fire was not much use to Círdan, seeing as he spends all his time building boats and sending elves across the sea. Did he go with Frodo and Gandalf and the rest of them?

[@RonPower]

@@WilliamMoses355 he went later, he took the very last boat back to Valinor.

[@irishinnish1]

The ENTIRE trilogy was filmed in New Zealand. You can actually book LoTR tours and visit the sights.

[@revanmorningstar716]

Going there in November, it’s at the top of my list

[@Andrew04291]

The music that plays when Gandalf falls is the sound a heart makes when it’s breaking.

[@StephenLuke]

This movie came out on December 19, 2001, just one year before I was born! 😊❤️

[@Robert_Douglass]

Arwen's horse was named Asfaloth. In the original book it wasn't her but Glorfindel that took Frodo and fled to Imladris. _"Noro lim, Asfaloth!" (Fly on, Asfaloth!)_

[@kevinhinkle7632]

What happened to the other two? Was so excited to take this journey with you two

[@goddesssalem4842]

Just to let you know, there are 2 more movies

[@ph8429]

When Gandalf falls, it is the angelic voice of that choir boy singing that sends me over the edge.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

"He sounds lit." That's actually the line from the script and the book. He's saying, "one hundred and eleventyeth birthday. Best. Mike.

[@Diegesis]

lol she meant how he was slurring

[@Renoistic]

I just love how sincere these movies are.

[@brianhampton923]

Are you guys going to watch the rest of the trilogy?

[@G1NZOU]

I always love how the introduction to the Hobbits and the Shire makes the audience really at ease, comfy houses, nice food and ale, and tranquil life in nature. You care about the place and the people within minutes and it lasts for the rest of the trilogy.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

So I vividly remember seeing this is theaters 3 times, but it may have been more in totale times. The first time I saw it the theater in question was undergoing a transition for traditional "theater" style to the urban and modern Multi-Megaplex plaza. The owners of the theater had purchased the arcade next door ANS four or five of the surrounding shops and renovations were on going WHILE the cinema halls were in operation. Anyway the first time I was just getting comfortable seeing Sauron swiping away mofos left and right when the subwoofer overloaded the entire surround system and blew out all the speakers except the main center speaker, which is under the screen. Instantly over 80% of people left and about five minutes after several ushers came in and gave everyone a voucher to come back for a free showing when the system was repaired. We were also advised to come back the next weekend because it was 100% to be fixed by then. The extra cherry was that even if we chose to stay and finish watching with the limited sound we'd still get the free voucher.

[@seanmcmurphy4744]

I love that Sauron's power blew the sound system! What a badass

[@ravensdark99]

People often dont realize how powerful Gandalf really is. Essentially he and the Balrog are the same "species"

[@lawrence6434]

32:37, still in my opinion, the greatest couple of seconds in cinema. Not only did Ian Holm play it perfectly but the use of CG was just right, it was completely unexpected how big the reaction would be and even though we already know the ring was dangerous it showed the rings power to be stronger than we may have already thought.

[@Etticos.]

Maple, “I love dark fantasy”. Show. Them. Berserk. Also, I always love Arianna’s facial to monsters and gross creatures lol. By the way she reacts you’d think she was actually in the room with the orcs and troll. It never ceases to amaze me how sincere and empathetic you two are. Maple has already seen these, and Gandalf’s death still gets her teary eyed. It is very sweet.

[@frmthefuture]

my dude, there's zero chance chad does this. berserk will crush these two, in the absolute worst / un-fun ways...

[@Etticos.]

@@frmthefuture I dunno dude. They can take it.

[@nicolaiboensch6643]

Show. Them. JIM HENSON"S THE STORYTELLER. 🖤🖤🖤

[@s4bc]

Sad to see so many reactors skipping the Aragorn Boromir talk in Lothlorien, one of the best scenes of the triology, fantastic acting by Sean Bean.

[@kaylachiles6586]

Yall can't stop now...keep watching. Two Towers

[@SeanBoyce-gp]

The constant swings from awe to horror to comedy to despair to hope and back around is one of the things I think makes these movies operate on just a whole other level. Like, I grew up watching the original Star Wars trilogy literally all the time, it was like my comfort food, and I will forever defend it as a cornerstone of modern culture and will allows love it for that reason. But The Lord of the Rings trilogy, particularly Fellowship, is timeless in a way that so few movies made these days really gets right.

[@SlZIJI]

I think you'd love Princess Mononoke. it's one the best dubbed anime, and the rewritten(by Neil Gayman!) dialogue is better than the original.

[@jwr6796]

This! What a wonderful film. I'm picky about anime and really don't even like much Ghibli (too fanciful for me), but Mononoke is one of my fav films!

[@jwr6796]

Toss in Akira too. That'd mess the girls up. 😅

[@denisel1553]

YES, @Diegesis, PLEASE REACT TO PRINCESS MONONOKE!

[@chrisherber1635]

Better than the original Japanese? There’s a few English dubs I find better than the originals

[@offensivename11]

For the question at 5:12 or so: I read somewhere that people stopped making houses with intricate detailing after the Spanish Flu. The theory was that all the nooks and crannies were places that dirt and bacteria could accumulate; society was traumatized enough by the pandemic of 1918-19 that they would do anything to avoid that. Take this theory for what it's worth.

[@yoloswaggins9989]

Nah, the answer is money. Like always...

[@MetastaticMaladies]

DUUUUDE I’m so happy y’all doing this! I can’t wait, best trilogy of all time!

[@Ccarnage8]

Its only when you go back and watch the Unextended that you realize what they cut out and then it just makes you uneasy knowing how much of the story is missing. It feels more shallow. Then every time after that you feel you MUST watch the extended cuts of all 3.

[@aaron-jp8ib]

When are the other two movies coming? Y’all have released like 30 other videos since this one lol.

[@toddhadley9002]

Boromir's my favorite character in the Fellowship of the RIng (the movie). From a superficial perspective, he seems untrustworthy. It almost seems that his betrayal is planned from the beginning. But if you look under the surface, I think just the opposite is true. He's so susceptible to the ring specifically because he's an honorable man. He's a prince in all but name, and he feels that he carries the weight of his entire kingdom on his shoulders. He's been fighting a war he knows he can't win, and is looking for anything to give him even a little hope to save his people. With that kind of responsibility and the dedication he feels toward his people, it's no wonder that his first instinct is to take the ring to Gondor and use it to win the war. Like Gandalf, he would use the ring out of a desire to do good. The difference is that Gandalf knew it would corrupt him. Boromir wasn't convinced. Even then, he has no intention of betraying the Fellowship or stealing the ring. His method is diplomacy. He first tries to convince Aragorn, then later Frodo, to take the ring to Gondor. I think his most telling line is, "Why do you recoil? I am no thief." I think he's sincere. Even moments before his betrayal, he never intended to steal the ring. When he sees diplomacy has failed and he's not going to change their minds, when he literally has no options left to him and what he sees as the last hope of his people is slipping from his grasp, only then does desperation take over, and the ring finally breaks him. Then he has the fastest redemption arc ever that's still believable. A redemption arc that's so fast because his fall was so fast. He acted dishonorably for less than a minute out of his entire life, then spends what little is left of his life protecting Merry and Pippin. And when Aragorn shows up just before Boromir dies, his first words are, "they took the little ones." He knows he's dying, so he wants to make sure Aragorn knows the hobbits are in danger. He's still trying to save them.

[@Micah_4D]

Gandalf's wisdom *is* for you. Tolkien's inspiration for these books comes from life experiences, written as allegory.

[@revangerang]

He despised Allegory, but his world view and experiences certainly influenced his writing.

[@NostromoFeratu]

Christopher Lee (Saurmon) is the coolest guy in the film, you should look into his past- it's amazing.

[@EricZ1982]

@Diegesis Looking forward to Arianna and Maples journey in Lord of the Rings, I hope they enjoy them. I hope they will also react to The Hobbit Films and Rings of Power Series. Despite its haters they are fun and enjoyable.

[@raspberrybellini]

I am so glad someone is with me about ROP. The critics never dwell on the good things like for instance the depiction of Finrod. Finrod in ROP is exactly how I imagined him, very strong but just as compassionate and wise.

[@juvandy]

I totally get what you're saying about the sound effects. This was exceptionally good in theaters way back. The moment that always stands out to me, in so many ways, is when Aragorn bats away the dagger the Uruk throws at him. The sound effect of that, as well as the fact that he actually did it (it's not CGI) is just incredible.

[@UnleashthePhury]

The mark of quality is how rewatchable something is.

[@CrownlessKing88]

Omg thank you for watching the extended version. You have no idea. Especially for the next two films, it adds so many important scenes that they removed for the theatrical versions.

[@asgerkrogh5671]

"But something happened then, that the ring did not intend.. it was picked up by the unlikeliest of creatures, the same kind of creature who had it for more than five hundred years!"

[@MDK384]

lmao i never really thought about that, but that's a good point

[@LudusAurea]

It’s promised the river folk aren’t hobbits but Tolkien probs my explained it somewhere

[@Diegesis]

makes me wonder if that's a "when i wrote the beginning of the book i didnt think i'd make gollum a hobbit yet"

[@MDK384]

@@Diegesis i'm not sure if that line is in the book or not, but also gollum has spent a lot of time removing himself from civilization, so it's still extremely unlikely for a hobbit to be stumbling along his cave in the misty mountains despite the humorous coincidence

[@jaijais]

“if he wasn’t evil, he would kinda be slay” is the best description of saruman i’ve ever heard 😆 loved the reaction, i’ve rewatched these movies a ton of times (three in the last couple of months) but it always still gets me and i love seeing it get you both too 🥺

[@justsmashing4628]

watching lotrs again?